Weighing and counting scale



July 22, 1941. o. s. cARLlss WEIGHING AND COUNTING SCALE Filed Sept. 3, 193B ATTORNEY Patented July 22, 1941 WEIGHING AND COUNTING SCALE Oswald YS. Carliss, Fairfield, Conn., assignor to The Kron Company, Bridgeport, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application September 3, 1938, Serial No. 228,344

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 14 Claims.

articles deposited in the balancing system.

proportioned to each other.

of the distance separating the points of support of the two pans. As the corrective effect of a. given such adjustment upon the balancing system is best determined by test use of the weighscales a pointer associated with dial graduations l ing apparatus while the adjustable parts are exmay, in a well known manner, be caused to swing DOS fegq menilllltion, it iS importent that the into register with a given index on the dial when Der S W Ch dife@ 1y Support the eeuntng Dans a load on the platform consisting of a large quanbe held with dependable rigidity against distity 0f like articles is Counterbalanced by 9, pro.. f y placement in other than their designed direction portionately small number of specimens of such l0 of adjustive movement.

in one or more so-called An object of this invention is to provide in counting pans to attain a desired condition of weighing and counting apparatus improved means balance and pointer indication. The present imfor selectively and independently varying, in a provements particularly concern combinations of manner to suit the above described needs, the features which permit iadjustment in thr stru- 15 effective length of the lever arm or arms of one ture'employed to suppor one or more suc counor more counting pans or equivalentcontainers ing pans or equivalent containers to the end that for counting-pieces. the Whole balancing System may be Conditioned A further object is to provide means for indecorrectively for accurate counting by varying at Q0 pendentiy and minuteiy adjusting the spacing of will the effective moment with which the empty the points of support of two such pans or oon- COUIltIlg D211 01' COmbned empty perl5 Shall eet tainers carried by the same beam structure.

A further object is to provide a simple and QOllIltlIle SCeJeS, Such aS that dlSClOSed 111 rugged assemblage of parts affording the abilities United States Patent N0. 1,352,92'5', granted t0 l of adjustment referred towhile providing rugged J C. Barrett, hevebrmplOye e IVOt-Sllpelted '25 constraint restricting the parts which support the beam Structure usa e aS e are eem an e011- pans to adjustive movement in designated dinected to tilt n unison with Weighing movements rections and preferably to adjustive movement 0f the automatic lead efllnterbaaneingdnefehaof translational nature in longitudinally aligned nism and carrying a coun ing pan suspen e rom pathssuch beam structure at an adjustable distance Stm further Objects are 1-,0 provide means for from -the fulcrum thereof. Obstacles to accurate concealing the adjusting devices by covering and counting anse, hOWeVeI', When tWO 01 more Such enclosing them in a manner to exclude dirt and counting pans are suspended from the Seme beam protect them from accidental disturbance or structure in spaced relation for conjoint use 1n fr damage; determining the count of articles in a platform 30 These and other Objects of the improvements SlglDpOlted load- The added Dan 1S placed at less will become clear from the following description @Stance from the ufum 0f the bean) Structure of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, 1n Order that the Welght 0f one speclmen P1609 in which description reference is had to the acplaced in that pan shall exert less leverage in 40 comparu/ing drawing, wherein: the baanmg System man would gie Same pige@ Fig. l is a front View of a dial head type weighlf placed m th? usulhsngle couptlhg pnomgr ing and counting scale equipped with adjustable arms of the two counting pans are of accurate enyns t2@Sfswllrglle scale lengths and that such lengths shall be accurately looking from the right at Figl.

To compensate for inaccuracies of machining r lgs' 3. 1S a gleam-ly enlarged iront .ew taken n mostly 1n section on the plane 3-3 1n Fig. 4 and assemblage of the parts as well as for disn o th ad. ntl m0 nt d nd f th turbances of originally established dimensions, s OWmD e Ja'e y u e e so esem" there is need for some means for effecting a iine rate pan Supportlng pars a Corner p0rno, only degree of independent adjustment of the dis- 0f the Colfer P1315@ bemg ShOWn- C tance between the point of support of each of Fig. 4 1S a View of the assembled mountmg the two counting pans and the fulcrum of the parte taken 1n sectionon the planes 4-4 1n Fle- 3 beam structure. Likewise there is neededacorrelooklns 1n the dlreetlon 0fthe arrowssponding means for fine independent adjustment Fig'.` 5 is a view taken in section on the plane -5 in Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 6 is a detail of the two adjustable bars removed from associated structures, one bar being shown as contracted in length.

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary edgewise view looking from the left at Fig. 6.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the complete scale includes a weighing platform I0, a hollow standard II arising at the rear thereof and supporting the casing I2 for automatic load counterbalancing and weight indicating mechanism indicated as a whole at I 3. The construction and operation of this mechanism may be as shown in complete detail in United States Patent No. 2,025,817, granted to Glenn E. Weist, and includes load counterbaiancing pendulums I4 which are caused to swing upwardly about pivots I5 by the downward pull exerted by the load upon a system of connector rods I6 extending vertically through the hollow standard i I from the usual equalizing system of leverage (not shown) beneath the load receiving platform or receptacle I0 to the dial head mechanism I3. Adequate illustration and description of suitable connections between platform I and dial head mechanism I3 is contained in the aforesaid Patent No. 1,352,935, granted to J. C. Barrett. Through action of the mechanism I3, the indicating pointer I1 sweeps rotatively over graduations I3 on the dial face I9 for indicating the weight or loads on platform I0.

Back of display partition 9 the rod connections I6 are pivotally coupled at 5 to a beam mounting lever 8 in a manner to bear downwardly upon the latter when a load on platform I0 acts to lift pendulums I4. Lever 8 forms a part of the entire beam structure which as a whole is hereinafter designated 20 and is pivotally supported upon the frame fulcrum ZI at the rear of partition 9. This beam structure carries rigidly with it the forwardly projecting bracket arm 22 whose up and down movement is accommodated by aperture 1 in partition 9 and whose front face is channeled crosswise at 24. The poise carrying tare beams 6 also Aform rigid parts of the beam structure and are carried to swing in iront of partition 9.

Both the right end portion 25 of a bar 26 and the left end portion 21 of a bar 28 are seated in the channel 24 with a snug sliding t edgewise in relation thereto. Bar 26 carries the knife edged studs 29 from which, by means of the looped hook 33, is suspended the counting pan 3l while bar 28 carries the knife edged studs 32 from which, -by means of the looped hook 33, is suspended the counting pan 34.

The companion inner end portions 25 and 21 of these pan supporting bars are provided with similar rectangular cutouts 35 and 36, respectively, to make room for abutments 31 and 38, respectively. TheV rear ends of these abutments are iixedly inserted within the metal of bracket arm 22 or rigidly attached thereto in any suitable way to occupy the channel 24 thereof. If preferred, abutments 31 and 38 may be cast integral with the metal of bracket arm 22.

A screw 39 having radially disposed wrench holes 49 opening through the periphery of its lister head 4I occupies a notch 42 in abutment stud 31 and has threaded engagement with a hole 43 in the right end portion 25 of bar 26. Similarly a screw 44 having radially disposed holes 45 inv its filister head 46 occupies a notch 41 in the abutment stud 38 and has threaded engagement with a tapped hole 48 in the left end portion 21 of the bar 28. As the overall thickness of the heads 4I, 46 of screws 39 and 44 exactly equals the space between adjacent sides of the abutments 31 and 38, and as the edges oi cutouts 35 and 36 are chamfered at 49 and 50, respectively, to give room for a quarter turn swinging of some rod-like wrench or tool which may be inserted in the holes and 45, independent turing of either screw 39 or 44 by means of such wrench or tool will correspondingly move the pan supporting bar with which it is engaged lengthwise and adjusta'bly toward the right or toward the left depending upon the direction in which the screw is turned. See Figs. 1, 3 and 4.

The right end portion 25 of bar 26 contains velongated openings 5I through which pass the shanks of screws 52. The heads of screws 52 retain a cover plate 53 against the front surfaces or" bars 26 and 28 and the shanks of screws 52 have threaded engagement at 54 with the bracket arm 22. In a similar fashion the left end portion 21 of bar 28 contains elongated openings 55 through which pass the screws 56 having ithreaded( engagement at 51 with the bracket arm 22 and whose heads assist in holding the cover plate 53 against the front surfaces oi bars 26 and 28. The head of each screw 52 or 56 may be provided with a square socket 58 to receive a special plug-type wrench, thereby to discourage meddling with these screws by persons not in possession of the special kind of wrench required to loosen or remove them.

In the operation of a scale embodying the present improvements, it may be found that either or both counting pans require their points of suspension to be moved slightly nearer to or farther away from the fulcrum 2l or" the beam structure 20 in order that specimen counters placed in these pans may properly cooperate in the balanc ing action of mechanism I3. Adjustment of screws 39 and 44 may be resorted to for enabling a given number of specimen articles or counters placed in either or Iboth of the counting pans 3l or 34 to bring the dial pointer l1 into exact register with a given one of the graduations I8 on the dial face I9 when a given greater number of the articles are placed upon the Weighing platform I. In making this adjustment, all of screws 52 and 56 are rst removed together with the cover plate 53 thus exposing both of the screw heads 4I and 46 so that either or both of them may be turned as desired. 'When the desired adjustment has been made, cover plate 53 and the screws 52 and 56 are restored. Tightening these screws clamps the end portions 25 and 21 of both pan supporting bars firmly against the sunken surface of bracket arm 22 within the channel 24 so that thereafter the adjusting screws 39 and 44 alone are not depended upon to maintain the adjustment which they are used to effect. Also the cover plate 53 conceals and tends to render tamper proof the means of adjustment while protecting the same from accidental damage or accumulation of dirt.

It will be noted that mutual contacting of heads 4I and 46 of the adjusting screws avoids dependence'upon accuracy of dimensions in the bracket arm 22 other than in the spacing of the two sides of abutmen-ts 31 and 38 which face each other and that this arrangement of parts brings the two adjustable screw heads into convenient proximity for cooperative adjustment. The notches 42 and 41 permit ready removal of the barsl from channel 24 for servicing or replacement while the adjusting screws 39 and 44 remain assembled with their respective bars.

The particular constructions and assemblage of parts which have been described are illustrative of but one of many possible forms in which the present invention may be embodied, and the appended claims will therefore be understood to include within their scope and coverage all mechanical equivalents for the exact parts and arrangements herein disclosed.

I claim:

l. In a counting scale, the combination of, a load receptacle, mechanism constructed and connected automatically to counterbalance `a load on said receptacle, a weight indicator connected to be moved by said mechanism, a fulcrum supported tare beam structure connected to impart a moment to said mechanism, a countingpiece container, and an assemblage of members supporting said container and mounted on said beam structure away from said fulcrum of the latter land constructed and arranged to permit said container when empty to be moved adjust- -ively relative to said beam structure in a manner to vary the moment exerted by said combined structure and assemblage and container on said load counterbalancing mechanism, thereby to alter the weight registering position of said indicator without corresponding change of load on said receptacle.

2. In a counting scale, the combination of a load receptacle, mechanism constructed and connected automatically to counterbalance a load on said receptacle, a weight indicator connected to be moved by said mechanism, a fulcrum supported tare beam structure connected to impart a moment to said mechanism, at least two separate counting piece containers, and an assemblage of members supporting said containers and mounted on said beam structure at a distance from the fulcrum of the latter and constructed and arranged to permit one of said containers when empty to be moved adjustively and independently relative to said beam structure in a manner to vary the moment exerted by said combined structure assemblage and containers on said load counterbalancing mechanism, thereby to alter the weight registering position of said indicator without corresponding change of load on said receptacle.

3. In a counting scale, the combination of a load receptacle, mechanism constructed and connected automatically to counterbalance a load on said receptacle, a weight indicator connected to be moved by said mechanism, a fulcrum supported tare beam structure connected to impart armement to said mechanism, at least two separate counting-piece containers, andan assemblage of members supporting said containers and mounted on said beam structure at a distance from the fulcrum of the latter and constructed and arranged to permit each of said containers when empty to be moved adjustively and independently of each other relative to said beam structure in a manner to vary the moment exerted by said combined structure assemblage and containers on said load counterbalancing mechanism, thereby to alter the weight registering position of said indicator without corresponding change of load on said receptacle.

fi. In a scale, an assemblage of parts for holding an article container upon a tilting beam structure at variable distances from the ulcrum thereof, including in combination with said beam structure, a bar slidably mounted on said beam structure and projecting lengthwise therebeyond `in a .manner to support the article container at a point substantially farther from the fulcrum of the beam structure than said beam structure extends, and a turnable adjuster element constructed and arranged to cooperatewith said structure and bar in ar manner to eiiect small increments of lengthwisek movement oi said bar lrelative to said beam structure when said element is adjustively turned.

5. In a scale `an assemblage of parts as deiined in claim 4 together with a second bar slidably mounted on the said beam structure and arranged and positioned to support a separate container at a point substantially nearer the said fulcrum of said beam structure than is located they said turnable adjuster element, and a second turnable adjustor element constructed and arranged to cooperate with said beam structure and said second bar in a manner to effect small increments of lengthwise movement of the latter relative both to said rst bar and to said beam structure when said second element is adjustively turned.

6. In a scale, an assemblage of parts for holding an article container upon a tilting beam structure at variable distances from the fulcrum of the latter, including in combination with said beam structure, an arm carried by said beam structure in offset relation thereto, a bar slidably mounted on said. arm and projecting lengthwise therefrom toward the fulcrum of the beam structure in a manner to support the article container at a point substantially nearer to said fulcrum than said arm extends, and a turnable adjustor element constructed vand arranged to cooperate with said arm and bar in a manner to eiect small increments of lengthwise movement of said bar relative to said arm when said element is adjustively turned.

'7. Adjustable supporting structure for counting pans embodying in combination with separate counting pans, separate bars adapted to support said counting pans respectively, a support arm constructed to engage longitudinally spaced adjacent end portions of said bars in a manner to hold two of said bars in lengthwise alignment, and means cooperative between each of said bars and said support arm constructed and arranged to move said bars in a manner to vary adjustively the spacing between said end portions of said bars.

8. Adjustable supporting structure for counting pans as deiined in claim 7 in which the said means cooperative between each of the said bars and the said support arm comprises two axially aligned screws whose head ends abut against each other and whose shanks have threaded engagement respectively with said bars.

9. Adjustable supporting structure for counting pans as dened in claim 7 in which the said support arm has two perforated spaced abutments rigid therewith and in which the said means comprises two aligned screws whose head ends abut against each other and are located between said abutments and whose Shanks penetrate said abutments and have threaded engagement respectively with said bars.

l0. Adjustable supporting structure for counting pans as defined in claim 7 in which the said support arm has a channel affording a seat in which the said bars are slidingly mounted toget-her with two notched abutments occupying said channel and rigid with said support arm, and inwhich the said means comprises two aligned screws whose head ends abut against each other and are located between said abutments and whose shanks respectively occupy the notches in said abutments and have threaded engagement respectively with said bars.

11. Adjustable supporting structure for counting pans embodying in combination, separate bars having elongated holes therethrough and adapted to support separate counting pans respectively, a support arm constructed to engage spaced adjacent end portions of said bars in a manner to hold two of said bars in lengthwise alignment, means cooperative between each of said bars and said support arm constructed and arranged to move said bars in a manner to vary adjustively the spacing between said end portions of said bars, and fastening screws passing through said elongated holes in said bars to permit said movement of the bars and having threaded engagement with said support arm for clamping said bars against said arm.

12. Adjustable supporting structure for counting pans as deiined in claim 11 together with a cover plate overlying the said end portions of both of the said bars and penetrated by the said fastening screws thereby to be clamped against said end portions of both bars.

13. Adjustable supporting structure for counting pans embodying in combination with separate counting pans, separate bars adapted to support said counting pans respectively, a support arm constructed to engage spaced adjacent end portions of said bars in a manner to hold two of said bars in lengthwise alignment, means cooperative between one of said bars and said support arm constructed and arranged to move said one bar in a manner to vary adjustively its position relative both to said support arm and to the other of said bars, and means cooperative between said other bar and said support arm constructed and arranged to move said other bar in a manner to vary adjustively its position relative both to said support arm and to the first said one bar.

14. In a counting scale, the combination of a load receptacle, mechanism constructed and connected automatically to counterbalance a load on said receptacle, a weight indicator connected to be moved by said mechanism, a ulcrum supported tare beam structure connected to impart a moment to said mechanism, at least two separate counting-piece containers, and an assemblage of members supporting said containers and mounted on said beam structure away from said fulcrum of the latter and independently adjustable to maintain each of said containers when empty in positions differently related to the fulcrum of said beam structure so that respectively different moments are exerted by said combined ystructure and assemblage and containers on said load counterbalancing mechanism, whereby the zero weight registering position of said indicator may be corrected and maintained With no other adjustment of the scale being required for this purpose.

OSWALD S. CARLISS. 

